Press Releases
Aug 19, 2026
FOIA Request Seeks Records Related to Pentagon Review of Women in Ground Combat Roles
NEW YORK – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project (WRP), the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), and the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Aug 19, 2026
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Permanently Blocking Law Censoring Planned Parenthood’s Abortion-Related Speech
Court affirms First Amendment protections for information and referrals about legal abortion care outside Indiana
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Aug 17, 2026
Texas Families Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Take Case on Texas Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Public School Classrooms
WASHINGTON — More than two dozen Texas families are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a state law that requires public schools to post a Protestant version...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Aug 14, 2026
ACLU Commemorates Samuel Paz, Former Board Member
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union celebrates the legacy and memory of Richard Samuel Paz, known as Sam Paz, a former ACLU board member, following his passing on Augus...
Aug 14, 2026
Challenge to West Virginia Methadone Clinic Moratorium Proceeds
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A federal judge in West Virginia today declined the state’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by West Virginia’s largest overdose prevention group, Sol...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Aug 14, 2026
Federal Court Rejects Effort to Block DeSoto County’s Majority-Black Judicial District
Court rules plaintiffs “wholly failed to carry their burden” in challenge to Mississippi’s only majority-Black judicial subdistrict
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Foster v. State of Mississippi
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The Latest
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U.S. Supreme CourtSep 2026
Voting Rights
People Not Politicians V. Onder (amicus). Explore Case.People Not Politicians v. Onder (Amicus)
Whether congressional elections in Missouri for the November 2026 midterms will be held using districts that never lawfully took effect because they have not been subject to a vote by the people via the referendum process. -
North CarolinaSep 2026
Disability Rights
Edwards V. Witherspoon. Explore Case.Edwards v. Witherspoon
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U.S. Supreme CourtSep 2026
Voting Rights
Hoskins V. Von Glahn (amicus). Explore Case.Hoskins v. von Glahn (Amicus)
Whether congressional elections in Missouri for the November 2026 midterms will be held using districts that never lawfully took effect because they have not been subject to a vote by the people via the referendum process. -
Washington, D.C.Sep 2026
Free Speech
Levine V. Faa. Explore Case.Levine v. FAA
On September 4, 2026, the ACLU, ACLU of D.C. and the National Press Photographers Association filed an amicus brief to urge the court to block airspace restrictions on drone flights, banning such flights over any Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facility or “mobile asset,” which includes any DHS vehicle.